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Giant monsters stomp around Tokyo, smashing countless buildings as they battle. Their amazing destructive power confounds scientists, whose greatest weaponry proves useless against them. Who can stop the massive power of a guy in a rubber suit? We know! We’ll let the precocious 10-year-old, with unexplained access to the Japanese military’s most secure facilities, talk to it!
Kaiju are from the Big in Japan set and have a Titan card - Gorgodzolla.
Complexity Level: MEDIUM-HIGH
Mechanics
- Supporting Gorgodzolla
- On-Base Actions That Directly Provide Power
- Very Few Minions
Most titans only support the gameplay already established by the minions and actions of their faction. In contrast, Kaiju's cards literally describe the activities of Gorgodzolla and similarly enormous creatures. They Stomp, they Pick Up Busses, and have Radioactive Breath. No faction is more involved with the concept of titans than Kaiju.
Rather than steal the limelight from the strange beast, Kaiju minions are at a minimum, at just 3. Gorgodzolla functionally replaces them, and Kaiju features 9 play-on-base actions that add power all by themselves. The way Gorgodzolla has to wait until 2 actions have been played on a base before joining there emulates the gradual devastation of bases over time. Playing him helps wreck things even more, by accruing +1_Power_Counters and drawing extra cards.
Strategy
Wreck havoc.
Kaiju is a somewhat slow faction, owed partly to the imbalance between minions and actions, to Gorgodzolla's play requirements, and to the fact that he accumulates power counters. Demolish your opponents' minions and actions and utilize defense to gradually build up your power until you have a winning play ready.
Johnny is a deviously versatile card. You can use it to replay an action to a different base, or replay it onto the same base you return it from. Play Radioactive Breath on 2 bases, play Stomp twice on one base, or Tail Smash, etc.
Synergy
Factions focused on play-on-base actions, or that play extra actions, are great with Kaiju.
- Steampunks: Pretty much OP. Rampant manipulation of Kaiju's play-on-base actions, as well as power, mobility, and protection. Note that the action Change in Venue returns to your hand can be replayed on the base it came from, normally unhelpful for Steampunks since only one of their play-on-base actions has an on-play ability.
- Wizards: Improve your action throughput.
- Mythic Greeks: Since Argonauts are played on bases and considered actions, they can also be considered play-on-base actions. Reap even more benefits for playing actions.
- Tricksters: In addition to having lots of play-on-base actions, Tricksters help you invade bases and control your opponents there.
- Dragons: Double base-wrecking.
Cards - Minions
1x Kaijookey
Power 4 - Ongoing: This minion has +1 power for each of your actions played on this base.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
- Actions on minions do not count.
1x Tiny Priestesses
Power 3 - Play or move Gorgodzolla to here.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
- If this is used to play or move Gorgodzolla to their base, Gorgodzolla gets the +1 power counter for them having been played there.
1x Johnny
Power 2 - Effect
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
Cards - Actions
2x Kaiju Alliance
Reduce the breakpoint of all bases by 4 until the end of the turn.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
2x Kaiju Conflict
Play two extra actions.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
1x Oh, No!
Play on a base. Play or move Gorgodzolla to here. Ongoing: You gain +2 power here.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
- If this is used to play or move Gorgodzolla to their base, Gorgodzolla gets the +1 power counter for them having been played there.
2x Pick Up a Bus
Choose an action in your discard pile that can be played on a base and place it into your hand.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
3x Radioactive Breath
Power 3 - Play on a base. Destroy any number of minions here of power 2 or less. Ongoing: You gain +3 power here.
Errata: Yes, Functional
Clarifications:
2x Stomp
Power 2 - Play on a base. Reduce its breakpoint by 3 until the end of the turn. Ongoing: You gain +2 power here.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
1x Tail Smash
Power 4 - Play on a base. Destroy a minion you don’t control here of power 3 or less. Ongoing: You gain +4 power here.
Errata: No
Clarifications:
1x The Folly of Men
Power 2 - Play on a base. Ongoing: Your minions and other actions on this base cannot be destroyed by other players’ cards. You gain +2 power here.
Errata: Yes, Functional
Clarifications:
1x There Goes Tokyo
If Gorgodzolla is in play, destroy its base. Move Gorgodzolla to another base and replace the destroyed base normally.
Errata: Yes, Wording
Clarifications:
- Cards immune to destruction are discarded instead, because their base left play.
1x They Say He's Got to Go
Move a titan to another base.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
- This can move any player’s titan.
1x Wade Through the Buildings
Power 4 - Play on a base. Destroy all other players’ actions on this base. Ongoing: You gain +4 power here.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
- Actions on minions do not count.
Cards - Bases
1x Kaiju Island
Breakpoint 22 - VPs: 4 2 1 - Titans here do not make other titans leave. Each titan here adds +3 power to its controller’s power here.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
- If the ability is cancelled, multiple titans still stay; new titans played or moved here would trigger removing the weaker one(s).
1x Tokyo
Breakpoint 25 - VPs: 5 3 2 - After you play an action on this base, you gain +3 power here until the end of the turn.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
Card - Titan
1x Gorgodzolla
Special: Instead of your regular minion play, you may play this card on a base where you have two or more actions. Ongoing: After you play an action or a minion on this base, place a +1 power counter on this card. Ongoing: After you play an action on this base, you may draw a card.
Errata? Yes/No
Clarifications:
- You may play this instead of a regular minion play whether or not you have any minions in hand. No restrictions on minion play apply to titan play.
- Actions on minions do not count.
